Kasuga Deer Mandala

Encampment in the Mountains

India, Kashmir

Deer Mandala of Kasuga Shrine

Unknown Artist

Kasuga Deer Mandala

Mandara Shika

Nehan: Death of the Buddha

Unknown Artist

Layla and Majnun in the wilderness with animals, from a Khamsa (Quintet) of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi

Sanwalah

The Attractions of Music

Central India, 17th century

Goddess Standing on a Mountaintop

Master of the court of Mandi

Death of the Historical Buddha (Nehan-zu)

Unknown Artist

Shiva en Parvati met kinderen

anonymous

The donkey, in a tiger’s skin, reveals his identity by braying aloud, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Thirty-first Night

Basavana

The Brahman comes upon a lion who has a deer and a gazelle as his viziers, from a Tuti-nama (Tales of a Parrot): Twenty-first Night

Mughal India, court of Akbar (reigned 1556–1605)

Symbols of Longevity: Deer under Peach and Pine (Pine) (right)

Toda Tadanaka